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Old 10-28-2004, 04:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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precleaning new chains?
Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before installing them?
What is that stuff?

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Old 10-28-2004, 05:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Boatman wrote:
> Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before
> installing them?

Some do; some don't.

Bill "HTH, YMMV, IMO" S.
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Old 10-28-2004, 05:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Boatman wrote:
> Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before
> installing them?

Some do; some don't.

Bill "HTH, YMMV, IMO" S.
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Old 10-28-2004, 05:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Boatman wrote:
> Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before
> installing them?

Some do; some don't.

Bill "HTH, YMMV, IMO" S.
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Old 10-28-2004, 05:34 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Boatman wrote:
> Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before
> installing them?

Some do; some don't.

Bill "HTH, YMMV, IMO" S.
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Old 10-28-2004, 06:46 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Boatman wrote:
> Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before
> installing them? What is that stuff?
>
> Boatman

It's the factory grease, and it's good stuff. You don't need to clean it.
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Old 10-28-2004, 06:46 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Boatman wrote:
> Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before
> installing them? What is that stuff?
>
> Boatman

It's the factory grease, and it's good stuff. You don't need to clean it.
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Old 10-28-2004, 06:46 PM   #8 (permalink)
Jacobe Hazzard
 
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Boatman wrote:
> Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before
> installing them? What is that stuff?
>
> Boatman

It's the factory grease, and it's good stuff. You don't need to clean it.
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Old 10-28-2004, 06:46 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Boatman wrote:
> Does anyone clean the wax or whatever off new chains before
> installing them? What is that stuff?
>
> Boatman

It's the factory grease, and it's good stuff. You don't need to clean it.
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Old 10-28-2004, 07:54 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Re: precleaning new chains?
Jacobe Hazzard wrote:
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> It's the factory grease, and it's good stuff. You don't need to clean
> it.

I like to keep my chain clean and fairly grease free... at least on the
outside of the chain. The problem is that it's hard to just clean the
outside. I might take a little Simple Green on a cloth to it.

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